Image Specs
Location: Mammoth, California
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/1000
Focal Length: 90 mm
Story Behind the Image
I have been wanting to expand my lifestyle work to expand beyond the outdoor action sports field, so, I took a little bit of time and came up with a concept to shoot a speculation project for Blundstone Boots. This project was a good challenge for me as I had never photographed a shoe before. I have captured socks, but never shoes.
Where the idea came from:
Throughout a year, I take online courses to see what else is out there in the world. Lately, I have been on a CreativeLive kick and watched a class with Theron Humphrey. Towards the end of the class, he gives every student a challenge of conducting a shoe shoot. At first, I thought this sounded a bit boring, especially coming from action sports, but I gave in. Looking around at the shoes I had available to shoot, the only ones which did not have holes in them were my girlfriends Blundstone. I guess I might need to get some new shoes! With the Blundstone’s in mind, I started to look up concepts for the shoot. My thoughts landed on a shoot in Mammoth around the hot springs.
Setting Up the shoot:
This shoot took a little bit of planning, but nothing overwhelming. I was already heading to Mammoth, California for a different photo project, so I squeezed this spec shoot into the mix. The talent is my lovely girlfriend, Kristin Riegel, who already owns a pair of Blundstone boots. Grateful she was willing to help out on the shoot, I kinda didn’t tell her the full story of the spec shoot. What had I fibbed about? The early and cold morning.
I really wanted to show off the early morning light which hits the Mammoth area so beautifully. Also, I was hoping the outside temperature would be cold enough to get lots of steam billowing off the hot spring. Thankfully, I got both :-) Making Kristin some coffee, I was able to get her into the cold and snap a few images. This one has been my favorite thus far.
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